| Guide to Education and Training for Primary Care Contributor(s): Carter, Yvonne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0192632930 ISBN-13: 9780192632937 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $137.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 'For patients, good quality primary healthcare is of fundamental importance. In order to provide quality care education and training is paramount to professionals in primary care. Yvonne Carter and Neil Jackson have brought together a group of well-known practitioners to help them give an up to date and comprehensive overview of education and training in primary care. Readers will find much here which will help them chart the way forward in their own practice teams in ways which should lead to good results for patients and that enhanced professionalism in practitioners so crucial to their satisfaction and morals.' from the forward by Sir Donald Irvine With the advent of PCGs/PCTs and a huge government programme of primary care development comes a great need to understand the education and training system, and its relation to other systems in the NHS, ie. service provision and research and development- a 'three systems approach'. The book encourages and facilitates startegic thinking and planning in relation to education and training at various levels including organizatio, team and individual healthcare professional. The Handbook of Education and Training in Primary Care contains up to date information on educational concepts and practice for the benefit of all healthcare professionals in primary care and the wider NHS. The handbook covers a range of issues paramount to education and training including clinical governance, quality and audit, research methods, clinical effectiveness and evidence-ased primary care. A chapter devoted to learning from patients and coverage of the interface between primary and secondary care make this handbook a unique and valuableresource for all in primary care. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Education & Training - Medical | Family & General Practice - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 610.711 |
| LCCN: 2001036738 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.56" W x 8.5" (0.97 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'For patients, good quality primary healthcare is of fundamental importance. In order to provide quality care education and training is paramount to professionals in primary care. Yvonne Carter and Neil Jackson have brought together a group of well-known practitioners to help them give an up to date and comprehensive overview of education and training in primary care. Readers will find much here which will help them chart the way forward in their own practice teams in ways which should lead to good results for patients and that enhanced professionalism in practitioners so crucial to their satisfaction and morals.' from the forward by Sir Donald Irvine With the advent of PCGs/PCTs and a huge government programme of primary care development comes a great need to understand the education and training system, and its relation to other systems in the NHS, ie. service provision and research and development- a 'three systems approach'. The book encourages and facilitates startegic thinking and planning in relation to education and training at various levels including organizatio, team and individual healthcare professional. The Handbook of Education and Training in Primary Care contains up to date information on educational concepts and practice for the benefit of all healthcare professionals in primary care and the wider NHS. The handbook covers a range of issues paramount to education and training including clinical governance, quality and audit, research methods, clinical effectiveness and evidence-ased primary care. A chapter devoted to learning from patients and coverage of the interface between primary and secondary care make this handbook a unique and valuable resource for all in primary care. |